The Q at Parkside

(for those for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain)

News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Le Flabenue Needs Vous!!

Take a minute, won't you, from your busy day to fill out another Flatbush Avenue Merchant's Association survey? The train has left the station, with your conductor Dr. Cuts at the helm, with yeoman's service provided by the Pratt Area Community Council (PACC). Oh, and I'd include the side-businesses just off the Flabenue in your calculations, including Lincoln Road and Parkside, as they abut the Flab. (As the old saying goes, "better to abut the Flab than to Flab the butt.")

From Dr. Desmond Romeo:

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Pratt Area
Community Council (PACC). PACC is a local non-profit organization that
has served the central Brooklyn community for 50 years by developing and
managing affordable housing and providing direct technical assistance
to small businesses. PACC has been very successful in its commercial
revitalization initiative for over 15 years. One of PACC's prominent
successes in merchant organizing is the formation of the Fulton Area
Business (FAB) Association now called the FAB Alliance Business
Improvement District, a public-private partnership that provides
extensive supplementary services such as increased sanitation, security,
and marketing to the Fulton Street corridor.

With that said,
we have asked PACC to initially lead with our initiative to formally
organize a merchants association that will work to create a vibrant
commercial corridor along Flatbush Avenue. A primary mission of the
association will be to strategically plan ways to support the quality
businesses and to compliment the current retail mix along Flatbush
Avenue. The merchants association will also be instrumental in
addressing our neighborhood concerns such as vacancies, foot traffic and
littered sidewalks. To further stimulate the development of Flatbush
Avenue, The Parkside Empire - Flatbush Avenue Merchants Association, in
collaboration with PACC, is now conducting a Commercial Needs Survey.

The Flatbush Avenue Commercial Needs Survey
is designed to assess local residents' shopping experiences on Flatbush
Avenue and gather their input on what types of businesses are
needed/wanted in this area. Simply, this survey will assist in
determining what residents enjoy in the neighborhood as well as
determine what is lacking. The survey will also help us appropriately
recruit businesses.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete. So please take a moment to read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability for your entire household.